Is There Gold In Cell Phones And Computers. Thats the equivalent of 0001 troy ounces worth about 182 at todays prices. Compared to the mountainous pile of 17 tons of gold ores more gold can be recovered from this heap during cell phone recycling than what can be extracted from 17 tons of gold ores.
The annual worldwide manufacturing of PCs cell phones tablets and other electrical devices uses 21 billion worth of precious metals including 320 tons of solid gold. There are 0034 grams of gold in each cell phone according to the US. Webandi Pixabay When you get rid of an old phone or tablet youre likely to remove your valuable information from it but what about the valuable materials.
The amount of gold in cell phones is small.
I believe there is about 30 time more gold in a ton of cell phones than there is in a ton of gold ore the mines that process gold ore isnt doing it for fun. Thats the equivalent of 0001 troy ounces worth about 182 at todays prices. There is gold inside the device from where you are reading this SD Bullion blog post. It doesnt take much gold to make a lot of money.
